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Shay's Top 50

My fifty favorites all-time and up to date. Many of them are lesser known and a couple of them I had to add myself. I urge you to try them all.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
13 Rue Therese (Elena Mauli Shapiro)
13 Rue Therese
2
Elena Mauli Shapiro
The Apple Tree (John Galsworthy)
The Apple Tree
3
John Galsworthy
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face
4
Lucy Grealy
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
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Herman Melville
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
7
Dog Boy (Eva Hornung)
Dog Boy
8
Eva Hornung
The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
The Duel
9
Anton Chekhov
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
10
John Steinbeck
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
11
William Peter Blatty
First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
12
Ivan Turgenev
Gasoline (Gregory Corso)
Gasoline
13
Gregory Corso
Ghost Eaters (Clay McLeod Chapman)
Ghost Eaters
14
Clay McLeod Chapman
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
15
James Baldwin
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
16
Joseph Conrad
Help a Bear Is Eating Me (Mykle Hansen)
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
17
Mykle Hansen
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
18
Victor Hugo
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live (Grover Lewis)
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live
19
Grover Lewis
Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France (Solve the White Orchid Murders) (Karla Pacheco)
Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France (Solve the White Orchid Murders)
20
Karla Pacheco
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
21
Dalton Trumbo
Keeping You a Secret
Keeping You a Secret
22
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
23
Octavia Butler
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
24
D. H. Lawrence
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott
25
Light, Coming Back (Ann Wadsworth)
Light, Coming Back
26
Ann Wadsworth
Losing Julia (Jonathan Hull)
Losing Julia
27
Jonathan Hull
The Love Letter (Cathleen Schine)
The Love Letter
28
Cathleen Schine
Madeleine's Ghost (Robert Girardi)
Madeleine's Ghost
29
Robert Girardi
The Magic Christian (Terry Southern)
The Magic Christian
30
Terry Southern
Mavis (Brenda K. Marshall)
Mavis
31
Brenda K. Marshall
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
32
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
The Myth of You and Me
33
Leah Stewart
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
35
Dorothy Strachey
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
36
Judith Guest
Pages for You (Sylvia Brownrigg)
Pages for You
37
Sylvia Brownrigg
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
38
Patricia Highsmith
The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Runaway Bunny
39
Margaret Wise Brown
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover (Michael Andreassen)
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover
40
Michael Andreassen
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